Sample Week Meal Plan: The Every Other Day Diet

Sample Week Meal Plan: The Every Other Day Diet

The Every Other Day Diet is a unique approach to dieting where dieters switch between an extremely calorically restrictive days and days of normal eating. This diet was created by kidney specialist Dr. John Daugirdas. The benefit of switching between normal calorie days and very low-calorie days, according to Dr. Daugirdas, is that the body will avoid going into starvation mode.

On low-calorie days, dieters will eat around 300 calories per day. This number can be increased to 400 calories per day if the dieter exercises on these low-calorie days. On the normal days, female dieters will eat 1200 to 1800 calories per day. Here is a sample menu plan.

Low Calorie Day

Breakfast: Six-oz glass of tomato juice with 1 small slice of deli meat and ½ cup of strawberries

Morning snack: A smoothie made from a cup of water, 3 ice cubes, 1 tbsp of whey protein and ¼ cup of mixed berries